Alcohol-free beer is considered a healthier alternative to "normal" beer.
In fact, it also offers many positive properties.
But is it really that healthy?
Many people consider non-alcoholic beer to be healthier than beer with alcohol.
However, the alcohol-free version is not suitable for everyone and is then even unhealthy - there are several reasons for this.
Alcohol-free beer - healthy or unhealthy?
It offers these advantages
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If you want or have to do without alcohol, you can use the non-alcoholic version.
But is she really that healthy?
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Compared to beer with alcohol, the non-alcoholic version offers numerous advantages:
Healthy for the liver:
Alcohol puts a strain on the liver.
Anyone who drinks beer without alcohol is therefore protecting the body's important detoxification organ.
Few calories:
Half a liter of alcohol-free Pilsner has only 120 calories - that's about half of "normal" beer.
Even apple spritzer has 150 calories.
Positive for the immune system:
According to studies, alcohol-free beer also has a beneficial effect on the immune system.
The reason for this are the polyphenols contained in beer.
"These are supposed to kill viruses and bacteria, intercept free radicals and also have an anti-inflammatory effect," writes the portal
Gesundheit.de
.
However, polyphenols can also be found in other healthy foods such as apples, blueberries, onions or aubergines.
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Alcohol-free beer after exercise is considered healthy
A non-alcoholic beer after exercise is considered healthy.
One reason is that most strains are isotonic.
"Isotonically means that the drink is just as concentrated in terms of the composition of its salts as the body fluids," informs the online portal
Gesundheit.de
, "this means that water and mineral losses can be compensated for particularly quickly after exercise."
Other benefits of alcohol-free beer after exercise: Beer contains maltodextrin, a carbohydrate mixture that replenishes depleted glycogen stores, as well as magnesium, potassium and various B vitamins.
However, the sodium content of non-alcoholic beer is too low.
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Caution: Non-alcoholic beer also contains a small amount of alcohol
Even if the name suggests otherwise: in Germany, alcohol-free beer can always contain some alcohol - up to 0.5 percent.
However, some fruit juices also contain this small amount due to fermentation processes, as well as malt beer or Kambucha.
“Anyone who values a really non-alcoholic drink should make sure when buying that it says “0.0 percent by volume”.
Only then can you be sure that it really contains no alcohol," says ecotrophologist Saskia Vetter from the consumer center in Schleswig-Holstein.
Alcohol-free beer for pregnant women, breastfeeding women or children?
Hands off!
Especially during pregnancy, it is important to completely avoid even the smallest amounts of alcohol, such as that contained in non-alcoholic beer, in order to protect the health of the unborn child.
The same goes for breastfeeding women.
But alcohol-free beer is also not recommended for older children - also because they can get used to the taste.
"For children and young people, even the smallest consumption of alcohol is unhealthy because it damages brain development," informs the consumer advice center.
Conclusion: Non-alcoholic beer really is that healthy
Conclusion: As a thirst quencher after sport you can reach for non-alcoholic beer.
Whether isotonic beer also has a positive effect on the regeneration of the body after sport has not been sufficiently proven.
Those who want to lose weight, on the other hand, prefer to drink water, otherwise the calories saved from eating are quickly replenished.
Due to the low residual alcohol content of up to 0.5 percent, dry alcoholics, pregnant women, breastfeeding women and children should avoid alcohol-free beer.
Not only good for drinking: By the way, beer is also great for cooking and baking.
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